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Cat taste bud cells grown in lab

BRAIN AG and DIANA Pet Food announced that the partners were able to establish proliferating cat taste cells with the goal to perform long-term studies on the taste perception in cats.

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Pet Food Processing

Kemin opens new fully-integrated palatant facility

Pet food manufacturers to benefit from custom blending and packaging

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Pet Food Ingredients

Spray dried animal plasma may improve cat food digestibility

Digestibility of dry matter, crude fiber, ash, calcium and phosphorus appeared to improve after the addition of SDAP.

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Pet Food Ingredients

10 nutrient-rich novel pet food ingredient trends

Once unheard of ingredients, including alligator, hemp and insects have all found their way into pet food and treats. Novel proteins in particular have become popular.

American alligator | Burton Robert, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Wikimedia Commons

Antioxidant from blood may extend pet food shelf life

An antioxidant created from animals’ red blood cells, named Prot-X, may extend the shelf life of pet food.

Chicken red blood cells magnified 1000 times | John Alan Elson | Wikimedia Commons

Pet Food Market

Pet food borrows another human food trend: acquisitions

In both pet food and human food, large multinational companies are buying smaller specialty ones, creating access to the coveted natural market.

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